Are You Where You Should Be? – The Saturday Morning Post
Today’s Passages – Acts 7 – 8 (Click on the references to listen to the audio – click here to view the text from the Blue Letter Bible website)
(Second Milers also read – Psalms 81 – 85; Proverbs 17)
Read the “1117 Evening and Morning“ devotion for today, by the late Charles Haddon Spurgeon.
“And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert. And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship, Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the prophet. Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot. And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest? And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him. The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth: In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: and who shall declare his generation? for his life is taken from the earth. And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other man? Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus. And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized? And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him. And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more: and he went on his way rejoicing.” (Acts 8:26-39)
Good morning. I’m writing this from Camp Calvary in the mountains of Pennsylvania. I’m usually in my home office. And I really did not want to be here, and that could only mean one thing: the Lord had something special for me, and the devil was trying to keep me from going. I would miss it if I stayed home. Philip would have missed the eunuch if he stayed home. But he obeyed the Holy Ghost and went. The eunuch got saved and baptized, then went on his way rejoicing. Philip was caught up to do other things for the Lord, and the eunuch saw him no more.
So here I am. A week after getting out of the hospital for a proceedure on my heart. I’m glad I decided to go to the men’s retreat here. The theme of the retreat: Isaiah 6:8, “Here Am I; Send Me.”
Okay. My first blessing was from Justin, our youth leader. I love to hear him preach. He preached a 5 minute sermon, and it’s amazing what he can cram into those 5 minutes. The second blessing came from my preacher. A well pointed sermon that was pointed at me. The third blessing was from someone I met. He would soon be going through the same proceedure that I went through, and was somewhat nervous about it. Praise the Lord, he used me to give some comfort to this brother. What if I stayed home? Would there have been someone else to do this? Would I have been able to receive the blessings from another source? That’s very doubtful. The best place to be is where God wants you to be. I can’t wait to see what happens today!
Peace.
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